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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a papagayo?

2. What kind of death does Kate say is preferable to others?

3. What attacks Joel Gonzalez?

4. What killed the men who worked for Mauro Carias?

5. What is masato made from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the People of the Mist look like?

2. What defeats most adventurers who go into the Amazon seeking riches?

3. Why is Nadia convinced that Karakawe is Mauro Carias' co-conspirator?

4. What does Nadia learn when she is the first to glimpse the Beast?

5. What device do the People of the Mist use that enables them to climb trees easily?

6. Who are the People of the Mist?

7. What response do Nadia and Alex get when they warn adults about the conspiracy to eradicate the Amazon Indians?

8. Why do the People of the Mist keep boa constrictors as pets?

9. What worries Nadia and Alex about Karakawe's activities?

10. Why does Alex believe that his sister Nicole would agree with Nadia's idea that the Beast should be spoken with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Alex's idea of what it means to be civilized, as he explains it in Chapter Four, with the ideas of Kate or Padre Valdomero, using quotations from the text. Which point of view is closer to your own?

Essay Topic 2

What do Father Valdomero and Cesar Santos believe about the conversion of the Amazon Indians to Christianity? What brought them to these opinions?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why metal and many objects of everyday use to Alex such as cell phones, watches, and compasses, are useless in the Amazon jungle.

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